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Chef Mangbetu en costume de gala

African Art Museum

Chef Mangbetu en costume de gala
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Object Details

Creator

Dominicaines Missionnaires de Namur
Nells (Brussels)

Collection Citation

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Printed text on verso reads: "Chef Mangebetu en costume de gala. / Mangbetoe-hoofd in groot ornaat."
Translated postcard caption reads, "Mangbetu Chief in celebration costume."
Manuscript on recto reads: "Magongasa. Chef Mangbetu. A Nancazizi. Rungu."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Edition des Dominicaines Missionaires de Naumur / 44, rue de Belvédère, Salzinnes -- (Reprod. interdite)." Publisher's logo on verso: "Nels."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref2461

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c9dc833a-e959-4df8-b911-c1698307b085

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-15-32

General

Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Leaders
Costume -- Africa
Portrait photography -- Africa

Creator

Dominicaines Missionnaires de Namur
Nells (Brussels)

Culture

Mangbetu (African people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Date

ca. 1910

Container

Volume 2 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1999-140004

Type

Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards

Collection Rights

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref2461
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c9dc833a-e959-4df8-b911-c1698307b085
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087579-3

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